Synonyms Vocabulary for Paraphrasing

A comprehensive set of vocabulary flashcards created from synonyms and related terms to assist in paraphrasing.

Population

Sample, participants, subjects

Kids

Children, offsprings

A lot of

Many (countable), much (uncountable), numerous

To go up

To increase; augmenter, accroître

To go down

To decrease; diminuer, réduire

To look into

To investigate; enquêter, examiner

To bring up

To raise; faire apparaître, élever

To step in

To intervene

To get rid of

To eliminate; éliminer

To cut down

To reduce; diminuer

To find out

To establish; établir

To put forward

To propose; présenter, proposer

To go on

To continue; continuer à

To put off

To postpone; retarder, repousser

Sort of

Quite, rather; sorte de, genre de

Nice

Satisfactory, agreeable; beau, agréable

Things

Phenomena, events, factors; choses, phénomènes, évènements

To give the sack

To dismiss; se faire virer, rejeter

Super

Positive, sensational; super, très

Lots of people

Numerous, many; beaucoup de personnes, nombreux

Ain’t

Is not; n'est pas

To start

To commence; commencer

To freak out

To panic; paniquer

Cops

Police officers; policiers

The crook

The lawbreaker; le délinquant

To think about

To examine; réfléchir à

The chance

The possibility; la possibilité

Getting worse

Becoming worse; s'aggraver

Optimal

The best, ideal; le meilleur

Solely

Only; uniquement

Culmination

End point; aboutissement

A period of

A time of; une période de

The growth

The development; evolution, expansion; le développement

A great turmoil

A tremendous difficulty; une grande tumulte

Smart

Intelligent, clever; intelligent

Categories

Types; les catégories

To affect

To influence; affecter

Approximately

Around, about; approximativement

To assist

To help; aider

Proposed

Suggested; proposé

Market

Business, sales; marché

Jumped

Increased; sauté

Sharply

Consequently; fortement

Although

Despite, in spite of; bien que

Strategy

Tactic, plan; stratégie

A little

Quite, a bit; un peu

Dangerous

Risky; dangereux

More than a half

The majority; plus de la moitié

Attended

Participated in; participé à

Spouses

Partners; conjoints

Self-esteem

Self-regard; estime de soi

Worthless

Useless, without value ; sans valeur

Seldom

Rarely; rarement

Low

Weak, degradate, bad, poor; faible

Wicked

Bad, noughtly, evil, nasty, mean; méchant

But

However, whereas, although; mais

Necessarily

Certainly; nécessairement

Capacity

Ability, competence ; capacité

To store

To collect, to accumulate, to keep, to save ; stocker

To retrieve

To bring back; récupérer

information

advice, clue (indices)

the impression that

the image that

awesome

beautiful, incredible, breath)talking, stunnig, magnificient, fabulous

good

Positive, beneficial, acceptable, nice, favourable, adequate

get together

Gathering, meeting (réunion)